1908 Summer Olympics

Parade of national teams at 1908 games

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad,^[1] were held in London, United Kingdom.^[2]

The Olympics were originally scheduled to be held in Rome; however, Mount Vesuvius erupted on 7 April 1906. The natural disaster caused a financial strain on the Italian government. Then the venue was changed to London. The costs of the games were covered by donations.^[3]

Participating nations

A total of 22 nations sent athletes to compete at the London games.^[4] They were:

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

Countries at the 1908 Olympics

↑ At the time, they were the fifth modern Olympic games. However, it was later decided that the 1906 Summer Olympics would not be considered an official Olmpiad.
↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1908 London Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
↑ Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 20 [5 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were Argentina, Finland, Turkey, and New Zealand (as part of the team from Australasia).

Other websites

Media related to 1908 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

London 1908 at Olympic.org

Olympic Games

Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games

Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

[1] At the time, they were the fifth modern Olympic games. However, it was later decided that the 1906 Summer Olympics would not be considered an official Olmpiad.

[2] Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1908 London Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.

[3] Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 20 [5 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.

[4] Taking part in the games for the first time were Argentina, Finland, Turkey, and New Zealand (as part of the team from Australasia).

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